Head of Human Resources

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**: Due to the nature of this role, this is not a task list but areas that you will influence, establish credibility in and build upon our teams accountability: You will align HR policies with our strategic business objectives. You will manage our HR team and ensure compliance with evolving employment laws and current regulations, accepted professional standards, policies, procedures and legislation There is a need to excel intalent acquisition, performance management and employee engagement, ensuring that we have the right employees, motivated and equipped to contribute to the company's success and their experience of working in this organisation You will be an ambassador of the company's values with strong leadership and inspirational behaviour Representing the HR department consistently and with professionalism. Being a role model is essential Supporting the evolution of People Analytics - Translating key data into an effective resource to influence teams on the best course of action, providing information by interpreting people data and analysing figures Giving advice and overseeing complex employee relations issues such as grievance and disciplinary matters and managing difficult cases with professionalism, in the interest of the individual, company, team and ultimately our patients and clients Use solid employment law knowledge and proven experience of applying updated legislation to issues Enhancing and promoting service accountabilities for the range of HR functions Overseeing the recruitment strategy and its process and implementation, being aware of the marketplace, growth and internal workforce needs Updating and reviewing HR policies, procedures, and advice in line with current and evolving law Champion a culture that continuously reviews the basics, making recommendations for improvements Provide professional leadership, support and development to HR staff, in order to increase knowledge, share best practice and to ensure that relevant professional standards are met Demonstrate commercial insight working to deliver commercially focused people strategies Have experience of managing situations, like TUPE and Redundancy, if necessary, advising and coaching managers through this and leading where necessary Evidence of having a passion for working with people and caring about what we do Control the HR budget and report on current and future staffing costs and initiatives Ensure managers are sufficiently skilled in workforce issues and enabled to act appropriately Lead on a variety of projects including digital in HR development and communicate and direct on implementation of strategic focus. Champion change initiatives and be at ease with experimenting to achieve success Use your legal knowledge and HR experience to manage risk in a pragmatic and agile way Ensure legal compliance is met in all HR activities, continuously reviewing the responsibilities of the HR department Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified.
The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.